My Week with Marilyn

The Weinstein Company | Release Date: November 23, 2011

7.8	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 201 Ratings

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AnanisaptaJun 10, 2012

Why does everybody love to hate Marilyn? See 'Some Like it Hot' and you'll appreciate that she has enormous talent right next to Jack Lemmon et al. But also notice the sad eyes. My Week doesn't give her nearly enough credit!

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BroyaxApr 19, 2017

Mon point de vue sera partial et ne fera certainement pas la part des choses : il faut arrêter avec cette idolâtrie de Marilyn Monroe qui n'était qu'une bécasse parmi tant d'autres dont le seul ou les seuls "talents" consistaient à tortillerMon point de vue sera partial et ne fera certainement pas la part des choses : il faut arrêter avec cette idolâtrie de Marilyn Monroe qui n'était qu'une bécasse parmi tant d'autres dont le seul ou les seuls "talents" consistaient à tortiller du croupion et des nichons et à couiner mollement d'une voix de femme-enfant immature quelques ritournelles périmenazes.

Elle n'a jamais été une bonne actrice, ni une actrice tout court d'ailleurs. Et sa vie n'était pas non plus "exceptionnelle" ou dramatiquement dramatique : elle était simplement minable, car Dickens et Hugo ont déjà tout inventé il y a bien longtemps...

Ainsi, même si ce film n'est qu'un témoignage à l'instant "t" (une semaine...) du tournage avec la cruche geignarde, imbibée et souvent abrutie par les médocs (déjà...) il se révèle aussi ennuyeux que la star défunte elle-même et tout aussi dérisoire et superficiel. L'actrice employée a beau se démener, elle se révèle aussi vide que sa blondeur incarnée : je suppose alors que l'objectif est "atteint" d'une certaine façon ! Le film reste très nettement complaisant et flotte à demeure dans la flagornerie éhontée à la fois de la star et de son public qui a déifié une grue irrécupérable de bêtise.… Expand

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dfinn104Mar 17, 2012

Very overrated and very limited plot. A lot of lingering shots of Michelle Williams being coquette-ish and who doesn't look like herself anymore. So if looking at her is supposed to deliver satisfaction rather than plot this is really aVery overrated and very limited plot. A lot of lingering shots of Michelle Williams being coquette-ish and who doesn't look like herself anymore. So if looking at her is supposed to deliver satisfaction rather than plot this is really a homage to fillers I would have preferred much more scenes between Olivier and Marilyn. Not even that atmospheric, An Education did a much better job of capturing a bygone age (albeit a different one to this)… Expand

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bayalistudioMar 22, 2012

My overall reaction to this film is disappointment. It is filled with a wonderful cast of actors in a period piece that has the look of a very good film.But in my view this film could not work without the actress playing Marilyn characterMy overall reaction to this film is disappointment. It is filled with a wonderful cast of actors in a period piece that has the look of a very good film.But in my view this film could not work without the actress playing Marilyn character working and Michelle Williams did not do it for me. I had been warned that her resemblance to Marylin was not very good so I was prepared for that, but she projected none of the aura and appeal of the real Marylin Monroe. She did project her voice and mannerisms at times but it was simply not enough. Without her strength to carry the film we are left with caricatures of the others notables portrayed and it becomes a self serving vehicle for Colin, the author, to let us in on his big moments with a sex bomb star he had fantasized with. The sequences are slow moving and boring, and the conflicts between the characters contrived and uninteresting. I am not sure any of the actors could have saved this turkey of a screenplay.… Expand

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